Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts – Apr. 25-28, 1977

The Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts in London in 1977 were four days of shows and the beginning of a tour of England, Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden during April and May 1977. The Wembley concert dates began just a month following the Capital Centre concerts which were March 21-22, 1977.

“When the announcement about their concert at Wembley Pool, London, broke, the box office received 137,866 letters. The post office had to get three trucks to deliver all the mail, and as a result submitted a new statistic to the Guinness Book of Records for the largest mail delivery to a business in one single day.”

Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) – June 3, 1977

The Eagles were also at Wembley with Elton John and the Beach Boys for the Mid-Summer Music concert in 1975. The audios for all 16 songs performed on stage at the 1975 Mid-Summer Music concert are also on that page.

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert

April 25, 1977

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert
Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey

Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh

Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977

April 27, 1977

April 28, 1977

Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh

Elton John joins the Eagles on stage on their last night

Record World magazine – May 28, 1977

Page 3 Girl – In the limo at London Airport

Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977
Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh’s girlfriend, and Joe Walsh

Eagles accepting their awards of silver and gold albums for UK sales of “Hotel California” and “Their Greatest Hits (1971-75)”. The awards were presented backstage after the last night of the Wembley concerts – Apr. 28, 1977.

Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, John Fruin (Managing Director of WEA UK), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey

Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (in front)

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS – Among those on hand for the Eagles’ Wembley Empire Pool concerts were Elton John and Lynn Swann of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. Elton later joined the Eagles onstage during their fourth encore to play piano – April 28, 1977.

Amusement Business magazine – June 11, 1977
Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Elton John, Lynn Swann (Pittsburgh Steelers), Randy Meisner, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey

Cash Box magazine – May 28, 1977

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert 1977 tickets for each of the four nights

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert ticket
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert ticket
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert ticket
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert ticket
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert magazine advertisement
Full-page ad in Record Mirror – May 14, 1977

The after-concert party on Apr. 26, 1977

Glenn Frey, Pete Townshend, and Joe Walsh

Glenn Frey and Elton John

Joe Walsh, Don Henley, and John Entwistle

Lynsey de Paul and Harvey Goldsmith, English concert promoter

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert

Bob Pridden (sound engineer for The Who), Glenn Frey (standing), Sally Arnold, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, and Karen Townshend

Concert announcement in Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 23, 1977
Photo in announcement above is from the 1974 Don Kirshner show.

Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts

Record Mirror magazine – Mar. 26, 1977

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert newspaper article
Record World magazine – May 14, 1977

“The Eagles arrive in Britain on Concorde tonight for a British tour that includes four sell-out concerts at Wembley Empire Pool, giving them impeccable credentials as the latest rock phenomenon.”

Evening Standard (London, England) – Apr. 19, 1977

“If their profile were any lower they would have to perform lying down. In their battered jeans and unbuttoned shirts they look as though they have just wandered in from some Californian beach.”

Evening Standard (London, England) – Apr. 26, 1977

“A huge curtain behind the band occasionally lifted to reveal 28 violinists and seven cellists, perched incongruously and waiting somewhat ironically to battle with the hall’s acoustics on Wasted Time.”

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert newspaper article
Concert review in The Guardian (London) – Apr. 26, 1977

“It was tight, it was neat, it sounded just right – and that’s not an easy feat in the great hollow barn that is Wembley.”

Concert review in Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977

“Their roots are deep and varied but include bands such as Poco and Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.”

Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977

“I approached half a dozen fans at random and asked them whether they could name all five members of the band. No one could.”
“This curious anonymity points to an interesting fact about the Eagles, namely that their appeal depends upon their music alone.”

Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert newspaper article
Concert review in The Observer (London) – May 1, 1977

“The crowd went crazy and the concert had to end before some of the hanging speakers fell off their supports and risked injuring the audience.”

Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts

Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) – June 3, 1977

Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts

Billboard – June 11, 1977

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